Trial reportClinical rehabilitation2023
Neck-Shoulder Region Training for Chronic Headache in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Clinical rehabilitation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Effects of neck-exercise and health promotion on headache outcomes in office workers: secondary analysis of the NEXpro stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Trial
- Advances in Exercise in the Clinical Trials of Migraine: A Scoping Review.Current pain and headache reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe investigated whether a specific exercise program for the neck-shoulder region reduces headache intensity, frequency, and duration, and how it influences neck disability among women with chronic headache compared to a control group.
designTwo-center randomized controlled trial. SUBJECTS: 116 working-age women.
interventionThe exercise group (n = 57) performed a home-based program with six progressive exercise modules, over 6 months. The control group (n = 59) underwent six placebo-dosed transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation sessions. Both groups performed stretching exercises. MAIN MEASURES: The primary outcome was pain intensity of headache, assessed using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale. Secondary outcomes were frequency and duration of weekly headaches, and neck disability assessed using the Neck Disability Index. Generalized linear mixed models were used.
resultsMean pain intensity at baseline was 4.7 (95% CI 4.4 to 5.0) in the exercise group and 4.8 (4.5 to 5.1) in the control group. After 6 months the decrease was slight with no between-group difference. Headache frequency decreased from 4.5 (3.9 to 5.1) to 2.4 (1.8 to 3.0) days/week in the exercise group, and from 4.4 (3.6 to 5.1) to 3.0 (2.4 to 3.6) in the control group (between-group
conclusionThe progressive exercise program almost halved headache frequency. The exercise program could be recommended as one treatment option for women with chronic headache.
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